School-level contextual predictors of bullying and harassment experiences among adolescents

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 147, Issue , 2015, Pages 47-53

  Gower, Amy L ^a   McMorris, Barbara J ^b   Eisenberg, Marla E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Bullying; Internal assets; Prejudice based harassment; School context

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; EDUCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL SECURITY; YOUNG POPULATION;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BULLYING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREJUDICE BASED HARASSMENT; PROFESSIONAL STUDENT RELATION; RACE DIFFERENCE; SAFETY; SCHOOL CONTEXT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; HUMAN RELATION; MINNESOTA; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; BULLYING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MINNESOTA; PEER GROUP; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84945557220     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.10.036     Document Type: Article

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